Superintendents

Kalamazoo Public Schools (1851 to current)

1851-1853

Nathaniel A. Balch (known as Director)

1853-1856

Dwight May (first known as Director. Title changed to Superintendent late in his tenure)

1856-1857

Frank Little

1857-1865

Daniel Putnam

1865-1873

Elisha A. Fraser

1873-1880

Austin L. George

1880-1892

Henry M. French

1892-1901

Ortive E. Latham

1901-1915

Shattuck O. Hartwell

1915-1933

Ellis H. Drake

1933-1937

Herold C. Hunt

1937-1958

Loy Norrix

1958-1961

Thomas R. Bowman

1961-1969

Richard N. Percy

1969-1971

John R. Cochran

1971-1972

Reed H. Hagen (Acting only)

1972-1976

William D. Coats

1977

William Kritzmire

1977-1982

Charles E. Townsend

1982-1995

Frank Rapley

1996-2000

Kay E. McClendon Royster

2000-2007

Janice M. Brown

2007-2019

Michael F. Rice

2019-2020

Gary L. Start (interim)

2020-2022

Rita Raichoudhuri

2023-

Darrin Slade

List compiled by Kris Rzepczynski, Kalamazoo Public Library Staff, 1998. Last updated June 2020.